Definition of billionaire in English:

billionaire

noun bɪljəˈnɛːˌbɪljəˈnɛr

A person possessing assets worth at least a billion pounds or dollars.
Example sentencesExamples
- The numbers of millionaires and billionaires has grown in direct proportion to the numbers condemned to lives of misery and hardship.
- More recently, it's been a case of millionaires striking against billionaires.
- Last year there were 497 billionaires with a net worth of 1.54 trillion dollars.
- Melbourne is filling with tycoons, moguls, magnates, billionaires and mere millionaires.
- Who cares about the squabbles between billionaires and millionaires?
- Being a billionaire, he hopes, will at least give him a style edge over his opponents.
- This group of millionaires and billionaires believes in the biblical adage that says, to whom much is given, much is required.
- But there is no argument about his creative genius, which has made him a dollar billionaire.
- Most of the Russian billionaires and multimillionaires control raw materials and their associated industries.
- They each will hold enough other shares to make them billionaires, at least on paper, if the IPO is successful.
- He is listed as the billionaire whose net worth declined the most, a hefty 91 per cent.
- We need to money to see this sight reserved for millionaires and billionaires.
- At the same time I get angry when I think a bunch of billionaires and millionaires are going to go on strike because they can only think of themselves.
- Six of the country's billionaires have some involvement in Yukos.
- Five hundred and fifty billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest 2 billion people on the planet.
- And there are multi-millionaires and billionaires earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
- But Mexico has more billionaires and millionaires than any country in Latin America.
- The Davos summit has been going on for decades, mostly as a place for billionaires and millionaires to mingle.
- What about a little more than a dozen billionaires and 40 million poor people in Russia?
- First he was in Sudan, where he managed part of the Saudi billionaire's assets.
- Black homeownership is growing, as are the ranks of the Black millionaires and billionaires among us.
Synonyms
magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee

Origin

Mid 19th century: from billion, on the pattern of millionaire.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of billionaire in US English:

billionaire

nounˌbɪljəˈnɛrˌbilyəˈner

A person possessing assets worth at least a billion dollars (or pounds, etc.).
Example sentencesExamples
- He is listed as the billionaire whose net worth declined the most, a hefty 91 per cent.
- And there are multi-millionaires and billionaires earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
- At the same time I get angry when I think a bunch of billionaires and millionaires are going to go on strike because they can only think of themselves.
- Who cares about the squabbles between billionaires and millionaires?
- Six of the country's billionaires have some involvement in Yukos.
- But there is no argument about his creative genius, which has made him a dollar billionaire.
- They each will hold enough other shares to make them billionaires, at least on paper, if the IPO is successful.
- Being a billionaire, he hopes, will at least give him a style edge over his opponents.
- Most of the Russian billionaires and multimillionaires control raw materials and their associated industries.
- The Davos summit has been going on for decades, mostly as a place for billionaires and millionaires to mingle.
- More recently, it's been a case of millionaires striking against billionaires.
- But Mexico has more billionaires and millionaires than any country in Latin America.
- Five hundred and fifty billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest 2 billion people on the planet.
- Melbourne is filling with tycoons, moguls, magnates, billionaires and mere millionaires.
- What about a little more than a dozen billionaires and 40 million poor people in Russia?
- We need to money to see this sight reserved for millionaires and billionaires.
- The numbers of millionaires and billionaires has grown in direct proportion to the numbers condemned to lives of misery and hardship.
- First he was in Sudan, where he managed part of the Saudi billionaire's assets.
- Last year there were 497 billionaires with a net worth of 1.54 trillion dollars.
- This group of millionaires and billionaires believes in the biblical adage that says, to whom much is given, much is required.
- Black homeownership is growing, as are the ranks of the Black millionaires and billionaires among us.
Synonyms
magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee

Origin

Mid 19th century: from billion, on the pattern of millionaire.

单词	billionaire
释义	Definition of billionaire in English: billionaire noun bɪljəˈnɛːˌbɪljəˈnɛr A person possessing assets worth at least a billion pounds or dollars. Example sentencesExamples The numbers of millionaires and billionaires has grown in direct proportion to the numbers condemned to lives of misery and hardship. More recently, it's been a case of millionaires striking against billionaires. Last year there were 497 billionaires with a net worth of 1.54 trillion dollars. Melbourne is filling with tycoons, moguls, magnates, billionaires and mere millionaires. Who cares about the squabbles between billionaires and millionaires? Being a billionaire, he hopes, will at least give him a style edge over his opponents. This group of millionaires and billionaires believes in the biblical adage that says, to whom much is given, much is required. But there is no argument about his creative genius, which has made him a dollar billionaire. Most of the Russian billionaires and multimillionaires control raw materials and their associated industries. They each will hold enough other shares to make them billionaires, at least on paper, if the IPO is successful. He is listed as the billionaire whose net worth declined the most, a hefty 91 per cent. We need to money to see this sight reserved for millionaires and billionaires. At the same time I get angry when I think a bunch of billionaires and millionaires are going to go on strike because they can only think of themselves. Six of the country's billionaires have some involvement in Yukos. Five hundred and fifty billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest 2 billion people on the planet. And there are multi-millionaires and billionaires earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year. But Mexico has more billionaires and millionaires than any country in Latin America. The Davos summit has been going on for decades, mostly as a place for billionaires and millionaires to mingle. What about a little more than a dozen billionaires and 40 million poor people in Russia? First he was in Sudan, where he managed part of the Saudi billionaire's assets. Black homeownership is growing, as are the ranks of the Black millionaires and billionaires among us. Synonyms magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee Origin Mid 19th century: from billion, on the pattern of millionaire. Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah Definition of billionaire in US English: billionaire nounˌbɪljəˈnɛrˌbilyəˈner A person possessing assets worth at least a billion dollars (or pounds, etc.). Example sentencesExamples He is listed as the billionaire whose net worth declined the most, a hefty 91 per cent. And there are multi-millionaires and billionaires earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year. At the same time I get angry when I think a bunch of billionaires and millionaires are going to go on strike because they can only think of themselves. Who cares about the squabbles between billionaires and millionaires? Six of the country's billionaires have some involvement in Yukos. But there is no argument about his creative genius, which has made him a dollar billionaire. They each will hold enough other shares to make them billionaires, at least on paper, if the IPO is successful. Being a billionaire, he hopes, will at least give him a style edge over his opponents. Most of the Russian billionaires and multimillionaires control raw materials and their associated industries. The Davos summit has been going on for decades, mostly as a place for billionaires and millionaires to mingle. More recently, it's been a case of millionaires striking against billionaires. But Mexico has more billionaires and millionaires than any country in Latin America. Five hundred and fifty billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest 2 billion people on the planet. Melbourne is filling with tycoons, moguls, magnates, billionaires and mere millionaires. What about a little more than a dozen billionaires and 40 million poor people in Russia? We need to money to see this sight reserved for millionaires and billionaires. The numbers of millionaires and billionaires has grown in direct proportion to the numbers condemned to lives of misery and hardship. First he was in Sudan, where he managed part of the Saudi billionaire's assets. Last year there were 497 billionaires with a net worth of 1.54 trillion dollars. This group of millionaires and billionaires believes in the biblical adage that says, to whom much is given, much is required. Black homeownership is growing, as are the ranks of the Black millionaires and billionaires among us. Synonyms magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee Origin Mid 19th century: from billion, on the pattern of millionaire.
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